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Vampyrrhic
Vampyrrhic
Author: Simon Clark
WELCOME TO LEPPINGTON — Not far from the coastal town of Whitby is Leppington, nestling in the purple hills of the North Yorkshire Moors. Quiet, unassuming, a forgotten backwater yet beneath Leppington's streets terrifying creatures stir. They are driven by ancient passion that has become obsession. They are united in their burning hunger. They s...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781587670763
ISBN-10: 1587670763
Publication Date: 4/30/2008
Pages: 520
Edition: 1st US Hardcover Ed
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Publisher: Cemetery Dance Publications
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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Bettyjean avatar reviewed Vampyrrhic on
Helpful Score: 3
One of the first Simon Clark books I ever read and started me on reading other Clark horrors. Very creepy and one that you don't want to put down. One of the best vampire-themed books I've ever read.
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Helpful Score: 3
Simon Clark writes a lot like Richard Laymon. Anything they write is a great read!
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Helpful Score: 2
Simon Clark's rendition of the genre is one of THE best Vampire slants I have read. On to his next book on my list.
Sleepy26177 avatar reviewed Vampyrrhic on + 218 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
David Leppington left his birthtown, named after his family, when he was a young boy. Now he returns with a job offer and the hope to reconnect with his uncle George who tells him about ancient tales of their families and the shocking truth about a pact that was made once with the great North god Thor who in return for a favor asked for the Leppingtons' leader to lead an army of his in his war against Christianity.
According to his uncle the last Leppington is supposed to unleash and army of undead upon his return to town. The army, hidden and locked away in the tunnels under the town have been waiting for centuries, living from blood that came through the drains of a huge slaughterhouse.

Meeting Bernice, another guest in the Station Hotel, and Electra, its owner, the three have a dinner when a fourth person, the badly mannered, mean looking jack Black enters the game. The circle is closed and the group feels they are there for a purpose and have been many years ago.

History might or might not repeat itself.

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Although I liked the books I've read by Clark so far, this one felt more like a badly influenced Stephen King novel. I didn't quite get the reference to the watching crow except I thought about Randall Flagg who appeared in numerous novels written by Stephen King.
All in all I didn't think there was any uniqueness in this novel. Too much inconsistencies, not enough action.
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Helpful Score: 1
vampire like things live under the city streets in small town England, this book has stayed in my mind long after I finished reading it. A must read.
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This is one scary novel, and the frights never let up. Although the evil is vampiric, they aren't so in the ordinary sense. Lost in the midst of antiquity, a Viking settlement in what eventually became North Yorkshire flooded; the inhabitants went willingly, charged by their god and enabled to become undead. So they drowned, and inhabited the bottom of Lazarus Deep, as the lake came to be called. Eventually they await a descendant of the Viking chieftain, to lead them as an undead army, to conquer.